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An outbreak of meningococcal B infection in a town in the Jura region, January–February 2000
Between January 21 and February 16, 2000, the occurrence of three cases of meningococcal meningitis of the antigenic serotype B:15: P1-7, 16 and one suspected case in a town of 12,000...
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The 2001 syphilis epidemic in Guadeloupe: a link to social vulnerability and crack use
Venereal syphilis, which has been on the decline for twenty years in developed countries, has reached low incidence rates of less than 5 per 100,000. Some of these countries, including...
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An outbreak of allergic reactions or a psychogenic phenomenon?
On Thursday, October 18, 2001, the school physician at the Lycée professionnel de l'Aa in Saint-Omer reported an outbreak of allergic-type symptoms to the Departmental Directorate of...
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The 2001 syphilis epidemic in Guadeloupe: a link to social vulnerability and crack cocaine use
Venereal syphilis, which has been on the decline for the past twenty years in developed countries, has reached low incidence rates of less than 5 per 100,000. Some of these countries,...
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Assessment of the Coverage of the Meningococcal Infection Surveillance System in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, 1997–1998
Mandatory reporting (MR) of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) serves two purposes: to initiate prophylaxis among contacts of a case and to study the characteristics of the disease....
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Community-associated clusters of Legionnaires' disease caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroup 6, Nice, France, January–February 2002
On February 22, 2002, the National Legionella Reference Center (CNR) reported to the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) that the laboratory at the Nice Hospital...
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Surveillance of the West Nile virus in France in 2001
During the summer of 2000, cases of West Nile virus (WNV)-associated encephalitis were identified in horses in the Montpellier region. Very quickly, surveillance was established to...
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An outbreak of meningococcal type B infection in a town in the Jura region, January–February 2000
Between January 21 and February 16, 2000, the occurrence of three cases of meningococcal meningitis of the antigenic serotype B:15: P1-7,16 and one suspected case in a town of 12,000...
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Sales of respiratory medications: a new indicator for assessing the short-term health effects of air pollution
The French data primarily used to date to measure the short-term effects of air pollution on human health have been mortality or hospital admission data. Another health indicator,...
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Lead exposure among children aged 4 to 6 in Lorraine: prevalence and associated factors, 1996–1998